This Day in History - Today in History with a distinctly Australian Flavour

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Sunday, September 20, 2020

Born on this day
1880 -	Australian pioneer in physical therapy for polio sufferers, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, is born. [more]
Australian History
1963 -	Scrivener Dam is completed in order to make Lake Burley Griffin, a central feature of Canberra, Australia's capital. [more]
1975 -	13 miners are killed in the first of several mining accidents at Moura, Queensland. [more]
World History
1519 -	Ferdinand Magellan leaves Spain on his voyage around the world. [more]
1853 -	Inventor Elisha Otis sells his first safety elevator equipment. [more]
1954 -	The first Fortran computer program is run. [more]
1984 -	A suicide bomber kills 20 people at the US Embassy in Beirut. [more]

Thought For Today On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right-hand side of God's throne.
Hebrews 12:2 (c) GNB
The end result is often worth all the pain and humiliation.